I'd like to thank myself for designing my own artworks now because it's the most relaxing thing ever.

Lyrics:

I swear I'll throw my phone across the room
straight at you
if I have to talk to someone new.
I'll punch the walls like I'm a wrecking ball
if I have to pick up just one call
because it's never you. Why is it never you?

And now I'm boring myself to death
as I go from "you're nice" to "please leave me alone"
"Come here" "or maybe just don't"
Hope I'm not wasting my last breath
as I go from "it's fine" to "God this is the worst
of times, it just won't work"

I wanna scream my lungs out to the wind
because you're just so damn close.
But we grow apart every single time
I look down to the floor.
Because it's (your eyes, your smile, your voice, it's just) just you, and every little thing that you do.

And now I'm boring myself to death
as I go from "you're nice" to "please leave me alone"
"Come here" "or maybe just don't"
Hope I'm not wasting my last breath
as I go from "it's fine" to "God this is the worst
of times, it just won't work"

(Never, never, never, never, never you)

And it pushes all my buttons, from black to red,
frozen white and leaves in shades of grey.
It disconnects my thoughts from both of my hands,
pours wine on my glass, up at 3 am.

(You're nice but please leave me alone
Come here or maybe just don't.
It's fine but God, this is the worst of times)
It just won't work.

Why is it never, never, never, never, never you?
(Your eyes, your smile, your voice, it's just)

Never You

BREATHE IN

Meow Pretty Kitty 
by Erin Wolf, Laurie & David Easterling © 11/3/2020 Little Chute, WI and Oak Ridge, TN

*Who doesn't write a song about a high maintenance cat filled with puns while trying to avoid 24/7 election news cycles?*

My cat knows I’m the second smartest 
Person in the room
She eats all my tuna sushi 
'Cause fish is brain food

We all know who’s in charge here
She treats me like her servant
Got a fur-midable cat-ittude
Yeah ya’ know she’s full of it

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooowwwwww
What a purrrrrr-sonality
She hunts all night, sleeps in sunlight
She knows she’s a pretty good kitty (pretty kitty)

Don’t fur-get she’s the Great Catsby
Never tells me where she’s been 
She leaves surprise gifts at my door
Howling & yowling to come in

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooowwwwww
What a purrrrrr-sonality
She hunts all night, sleeps in sunlight
She knows she’s a pretty good kitty (pretty kitty)

She’s the whole kit-n-caboodle
My fur-ever Cat-astrophe 
I’ve accepted her feline ways
And the pawprints on my fur-arri 

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooowwwwww
What a purrrrrr-sonality
She hunts all night, sleeps in sunlight
She knows she’s a pretty good kitty 

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooowwwwww
What a purrrrrr-sonality
She hunts all night, sleeps in sunlight
She knows she’s a pretty good kitty (pretty kitty)

Meow Pretty Kitty

Hope Flickers

"Last Day Of November" (#412, 201108)

Weren't no mobile telephones when she was growin' up
No VCRs no microwaves or credit cards
Kids respected mothers and the neighbors knew each other
And music seemed to come straight from the heart

Joe was 44 years old and Pat was 37
When they said their vows and they meant every word
Raised a couple kids up before he was called to heaven
She stuck around to help us here on earth

She's seen it all since '41 been watchin' as our world becomes
Stranger than her parents could have guessed
She's loved and lost and learned a lot 'bout what it means to walk with God
Somethin' tells me she's got no regrets

The one she loves is waitin' for her on the other side
But she's here with us tonight while we remember
The last day of November

This year's been a hard one we said goodbye to Loretta
In little old Point Pleasant West Virginia
Well times are tough but all things pass it changes like the weather
Might get better any minute

She's seen it all since '41 been watchin' as our world becomes
Stranger than her parents could have guessed
She's loved and lost and learned a lot 'bout what it means to walk with God
Somethin' tells me she's got no regrets

The one she loves is waitin' for her on the other side
But she's here with us tonight while we remember
The last day of November

Week 46a - Last Day Of November (201108)

Julia’s song for week 46 of #songaweek2020. I didn’t set out to write this song but it found me anyway. For a tidy frame, you could go back and listen to this one from 2016 - https://soundcloud.com/cabin-of-love/pulse Photo from the Houston Chronicle.

I got one hand on the devil’s backbone
And the other on an angel’s breast
I got two eyes on the shiny prize
And a pocket full of nothing left

Take cover, I’m going in
I can’t ever not win
 
I got one hand on the holy bible
And my fingers crossed behind my back
I got two ears forever tuned
To the ravings of the maniacs

Take cover, it’s gonna hit the fan
It’s all pieces of my perfect plan

One Hand

Killer Gorilla with a PhD

G                                   C                     D/F#                G
There’s a dry desert breeze in the air here tonght
                  G                C             D/F#
but we’re only half way thru November
                 EM                   C                    D/ZF#             G
AND this year has been so hard and such a long figt
        
                C               D                G
oh lets finish the year well together

        C                                                      EM              D/F
and remember the days that were lonely and long
                      C                                    D
when we stayed in for what seemed forever
               G                    C                       D/F                EM
but we got to hang out here and write and few songs
             C                      D                  G
yeah I think we are all pretty clever



C          G          D/F      G
C         EM           D/F       G
 OH OH NO HOH OIHO

novemebr - 15:11:20, 11.07 pm

"One Guess" (#415, 201115)

Where'd she get them baby blues
That was my request
She blinked those beauties back at me
Like I'll give you one guess

Oughtta' have a license to kill
Walkin' 'round in that dress
Ain't the 5-0 hot on the trail
She said I'll give you one guess

One guess come on what's your name
It's too much for my lizard brain
Three wishes and they're all the same
One guess and no regrets

What's a fella' gotta' do
To leave a gal like her impressed
She turned her head and laughed out loud
I'll give you one guess

One guess come on what's your name
It's too much for my lizard brain
Three wishes and they're all the same
One guess and no regrets

We're at the diner and the lights are low
And my heart's a mess
Gotta' ask if I can take you home
She gave me one guess

Week 47a - One Guess (201115)

Copyright Kent Aitken & Erin Wolf 2020; Paris, France & Little Chute, WI, USA

*Co-write with Kent Aitken https://soundcloud.com/kent-aitken-386794022

After five years waiting, we're finally exhaling
Open doors to see what's outside
While I am ever the optimist, I have to admit
It felt like these were darker times

Tears flowing freely, crying on each other's shoulders
Holding on for help and hope
You never notice just how much you're holding
Until you get a moment of release

Overcome with waves of relief

Hear the bells ringing
Over people singing
Calling out with songs of cheer

Breathe with me again
Come together then
Let our hope conquer fear

It's going to be a long haul
There's work ahead for us all
Tomorrow just won't build itself

But for the moment
We just need some space to breathe
A million mile sigh of relief
For us to share

Not the only one who cares

Hear the bells ringing
Over people singing
Calling out with songs of cheer

Breathe with me again
Come together then
Let our hope conquer fear

Hear the bells ringing
Over people singing
Calling out with songs of cheer

Breathe with me again
Come together then
Let our hope conquer fear

Five Years Waiting (with Kent Aitken)

We spent two hundred thousand years 
in a close-knit tribal structure
Now I'm always longing for the warmth
Spend a couple aeons free 
From the clock or fences facing 
you might wanna cast those shackles off
Cause here we are...

Chorus:
In world that… no-one fits in
And we've all been there, 
feeling like we don't belong so when
I take a leap and… show how I'm different
Everyone gets it
And then anyone can see that we are...
wondering a world where we're all different
and we've all felt it
like there must be something wrong with me
But when I share how
I feel I don't fit in - everyone's been there 
And then anyone can see that we are one

Did you ever, growing up, 
feel like you were on the outside
In your school or in your family home?
Did you ever wonder why 
others seemed to know the ropes?
Did it feel like it was you alone?
Just wanna say, so many people felt that way,

Chorus

Rebellious humanity - we rarely sing in harmony
Fighting against that feeling that there's something wrong
but can't you see the irony?
I tell you it's not lost on me 
that what we have in common is that 
we all thought we were alone

Chorus

We Are One

Nashville songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Godin Guitars Official Artist and Founder of www.songaweek.org.

His catalog of 500+ titles includes collaborations with hit writers Mark Narmore, Elliott Park, Steve Dean, and Pete & Pat Luboff, among others internationally from England to Australia.

Redding's music has landed cuts by numerous recording artists including Dan Whitehouse, Emma Gale, and David Easterling.

Week 46a - Last Day Of November (201108)

James Tristan Redding